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LOS ANGELES-Amp'd Mobile Inc. unveiled its pre-launch marketing campaign, which will let consumers know that the youth-focused mobile virtual network operator is inching closer to its commercial launch-and shoppers shouldn't sign a new contract until Amp'd hits the market. The marketing campaign, developed by...

It appears the roller-coaster ride isn't over for Jamdat Mobile Inc. The wireless entertainment publisher celebrated its first full year on the Nasdaq last week, announcing third-quarter revenue that more than doubled from the year-ago period. Jamdat credited successful European launches of Tetris and...

WASHINGTON-Lawmakers and homeland-security experts last week said the Bush administration lacks a plan to prioritize what critical infrastructure to protect-including wireless and other telecom networks-and that developing such a plan would require better sharing of information by federal, state and local authorities and the...

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-The Tier 1 carriers continued to move to universal multimedia messaging service interoperability this week as Verizon Wireless quietly became MMS-interoperable with Sprint Nextel Corp.'s iDEN network and T-Mobile USA Inc.Verizon Wireless subscribers can now exchange picture and video messages with users of...

LOS ANGELES-Amp'd Mobile Inc. unveiled its pre-launch marketing campaign, which will let consumers know that the youth-focused mobile virtual network operator is inching closer to its commercial launch and that they should not sign a new contract until Amp'd is on the market. The...

WASHINGTON- The timing of two nominations to the Federal Communications Commission could leave FCC Chairman Kevin Martin with an evenly split agency-or he could even be in the minority at the end of the year.The White House Wednesday nominated Deborah Tate and FCC Commissioner...

WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless told lawmakers Wednesday that the "network neutrality" provisions in the staff draft of telecommunications-reform legislation need to be modified to exempt the wireless industry.The net-neutrality provisions should "be modified to make clear that wireless broadband Internet transmission service (BITS) providers have the...

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. posted-stronger-than-expected third-quarter financial results, which were bolstered by solid customer growth and improved customer revenues.The carrier, which offers its flat-rate Cricket service in 37 markets across the country, reported an 11.4-percent increase in revenues during the third quarter, from...

BOSTON-Capital expenditures are on track for double-digit growth in 2005 in North America, according to a third-quarter analysis from research firm Ovum-RHK. Mobile revenues clocked in at $ 30 billion, up 15 percent year-over-year; Mobile capex added up to $ 4.8 billion, up 10 percent; Wireline...

TAMPA, Fla.-Verizon Wireless said it obtained an immediate injunction against Florida-based private investigative agency Global Information Group, which the carrier said had attempted to obtain confidential information about Verizon Wireless subscribers.In its lawsuit against the agency, filed Nov. 2 in Hillsborough County, Fla., Verizon...

Sprint Nextel Corp. became the first U.S. operator to offer full-track music downloads, launching a dual-delivery service last week using phones from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sanyo Electric Co. The carrier introduced a mobile music store that allows users to purchase and download...

WASHINGTON-Telecom analysts said the mobile-phone industry's legal exposure is heightened by the Supreme Court's refusal last week to block health-related lawsuits from going forward in state court. The high court Oct. 31 declined to review a divided 4th Circuit decision that said class-action lawsuits...

SAN DIEGO-Two Asian carriers announced plans to launch CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Rev A networks by the end of next year-LG Telecom, a small Korean carrier, and KDDI Corp., Japan's second-largest carrier and the country's sole CDMA operator. Sprint Nextel Corp., Verizon Wireless and U.S....

Sprint Nextel Corp. took a significant step in fulfilling chief executive Gary Forsee's plans to expand the carrier's reach into other media distribution channels, and at the same time may have altered the balance of the wireless industry. Following months of speculation, Sprint Nextel...

Regional carriers continued to bleed customers during the third quarter as more competition and evolving networks drove up churn for a number of operators Dobson Communications Corp., SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. and Rural Cellular Corp. all posted significant customer losses during the quarter, echoing...

While most will busy themselves with decorations and gifts this holiday season, U.S. carriers and handset makers likely will be caught up in fierce battles over pricing, services and-ultimately-customers. As Halloween makes room for Thanksgiving, wireless executives need to gird themselves for perhaps the...

Consolidation hit the European wireless market as Spanish telecommunications provider Telefonica said it plans to acquire U.K.-based 02 plc, and Swedish operator Telenor announced plans to acquire rival Vodafone Sweden. Telefonica said it reached an agreement to acquire 02 for approximately $31.3 billion in...

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.CarriersStandard & Poor's Rating Services placed its ratings on UbiquiTel Inc. on CreditWatch with positive implications. The move is based on steady improvements in the...

WASHINGTON-A leading telecom research firm said the Supreme Court's decision to allow mobile phone radiation lawsuits to move forward in state courts could mean trouble for wireless manufacturers and service providers. "The Supreme Court's recent ruling confirms Precursor's belief that the Pandora's Box of...

SAN DIEGO-Two Asian carriers announced plans to launch CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Rev A networks by the end of next year-LG Telecom, a small Korean carrier, and KDDI Corp., Japan's second-largest carrier and the country's sole CDMA operator.Sprint Nextel Corp., Verizon Wireless and U.S. Cellular...

BURBANK, Calif.-Subscribers of Sprint Nextel Corp.'s new Power Vision service can access video content from "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," the carrier announced. Sprint users can view long-running comedy sketches from the show as well as the previous night's monologue. Two new clips...

SAN FRANCISCO-Audience demographics vary drastically among U.S. mobile sports Web sites, according to a study from research firm Telephia.Figures from the company's monthly report indicate wireless users who visited CNN-Sports Illustrated on their handsets were twice as likely to be black as visitors to...

NEW YORK-Nearly half of 10- to 18-year-old Americans use cell phones, and nearly one-third of them are subscribers of Verizon Wireless, according to a study from GfK NOP Technology. The results from the research firm's annual mKids survey found that U.S. teens and tweens...

Surfing the wireless Web can be downright painful. More than two-thirds of all U.S. adults access the Internet from personal computers, according to a recent study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, and 70 million Americans were logging onto the Web every...